Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014

Halau Hula O Leionalani's Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder, with `ukulele, has announced dates for the Ho`okupu Hula No Ka`u Cultural Festival. Photo by Julia Neal

EARTHJUSTICE IS HOPING THE GMO ISSUE will go to a higher court, according statements made last night to Earth Island Journal. Following a federal judge’s ruling yesterday that sets aside Kaua`i’s new GMO and pesticide regulation calling for more disclosure from biotechnology companies, Earthjustice attorney Paul Achitoff told Maureen Nandini Mitra, “Obviously, I would have preferred a different ruling. … I will recommend to my client that we appeal to a higher court.”

Earthjustice attorney Paul Achitoff

      In his decision, U.S. District Court Judge Barry M. Kurren said, “The court concludes that (Kaua`i County’s) Ordinance 960 is preempted by state law and is therefore invalid. This decision in no way diminishes the health and environmental concerns of the people of Kaua`i. The court’s ruling simply recognizes that the state of Hawai`i has established a comprehensive framework for addressing the application of restricted use pesticides and the planting of GMO crops, which presently precludes local regulation by the county.”
      Achitoff told Mitra that the ruling allows the state to enact a new law in the future that would better protect the public from pesticide exposure.
      Earthjustice intervened to defend the GMO law on Kaua`i and is doing the same with a different law recently enacted for Hawai`i County.
      State Board of Agriculture member and Hawai`i Island farmer Richard Ha said, “Hopefully, the judge sees things the same way on Bill 113, the Big Island’s anti-GMO bill. We Big Island farmers brought a similar lawsuit only because we want clarity and fairness. Farmers don’t normally sue anybody. That bill has caused us to spend way too much time in meetings and hearings. We farmers just want to go back to farming.
      “All farmers need to come together to help achieve food security for future generations. And we must do it in the spirit of aloha.”

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Halau Hula O Leonalani traveled to Lana`i last year for the cultural festival which
comes to Pahala Oct. 24 and 25. Photo from Halau Hula O Leonalani

HO`OKUPU HULA NO KA`U CULTURAL FESTIVAL has announced events for Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25 in Pahala. Chair is Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder, who said there will be music, hula, cultural demonstrations, cultural practitioners, food and crafts. Organizers welcome artisans, crafters and informational displays. 

       The festival started in 2009 on the island of Lana`i and resulted in a cultural exchange between Pahala and Lana`i residents. Volunteers from Pahala, including Dane Galiza, Bull and Jamie Kailiawa, Jarrett Pestana, Harry Evengelista and Robert Ahia, along with Bobby Tucker, Pahala Plantation Cottages and Olson Trust, helped with the event. Halau Hula O Leonalani, under the direction of Ryder, traveled to Lana`i for the 2013 festival.
      This year, Ryder and her family moved to Pahala and brought the festival with them.
      Entertainment will be free to the public on both Friday and Saturday on the grounds of Pahala Plantation House with emcee Skylark. Opening festivities will be at 4 p.m. with pule by Auntie Verlie-Ann Molina Wright.
     Ho`okupu – presentations by halau and community organizations – are welcome, said Ryder. Music and hula presenters will include Ernest Kalani & Friends; Southside Serenaders; Hands of Time; Cyril Pahinui, Demetrius Oliveira, Gene Boy Beck and Keaiwa; Halau Hula O Leonalani; halau from Okinawa, O`ahu, Lana`i and Kona; Keoni Jennings; Keoki Kahumoku; and Kamuela Himalaya.
     Workshops on Saturday, Oct. 25 will be at the Old Pahala Clubhouse:

• 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Hula with Debbie Ryder – no fee; 
• 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Lei making – donation; 
• 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. lauhala weaving with Linda Saffery Tua – $25 supplies fee; 
• 12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. `Ukulele Workshop with Keoki Kahumoku. Bring your `ukulele. $25; 
• 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Slack Key workshop with Cyril Pahinui. Bring your guitar. $25. 

      Cultural presentations will include La`au Lapa`au with Isaiah Kealoha and master coconut weavers from Lana`i Bully and Irene Davis.
      To sign up, call 808-315-7032.

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Members of Na`alehu School staff help `O Ka`u Kakou members deliver school
supplies to lower elementary classrooms prior to the start of school.
Photo from Nalani Parlin

PAHALA AND NA`ALEHU ELEMENTARY PRE-SCHOOL, kindergarten and first-grade students received new school supplies thanks to donations from `O Ka`u Kakou and Queen Lili`uokalani Children’s Center. The two organizations worked together to purchase everything the combined 242 students in these grades needed to start school. This included 556 composition tablets, 791 folders and over 400 glue sticks and erasers. 

      Hundreds of pencils, watercolor paints, crayons, pens as well as dozens of binders, pencil sharpeners and other supplies lined OKK project organizer Carol Massey’s hallways as she diligently collected, counted and sorted all of the supplies prior to drop-off. Similarly, Leina`ala Enos, who coordinated the partnership donation for QLCC, stacked her garage full as she organized cases of paper towels, tissues, varying sizes of Ziploc bags, baby wipes and gallons of hand soap.
      OKK representatives dropped off the supplies to the schools just prior to the first day of school, relieving pressure on families of having to deal with the back-to-school rush and requisite supplies list.

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THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS SEEKING educators, parents, business and community leaders to review test questions aligned to Hawai`i Common Core standards and help recommend achievement levels for grade-level proficiency.
      Beginning spring 2015, public school students in grades 3 – 8 and 11 will take new Smarter Balanced assessments in English language arts and math. These assessments will replace the Hawai`i State Assessment in reading and math and measure how well students are learning Hawai`i Common Core – a set of consistent learning expectations for what students should know and be able to do at each grade to graduate ready for college and careers.
      The Smarter Balanced Online Panel for Achievement Level Setting provides an opportunity for educators and the public to give feedback and help ensure assessment results are based on challenging yet fair expectations for students.
      Registered participants will provide input between Oct. 6 and 17 for up to three hours during a two-day window through a secure website.
      Participants will be expected to recommend an achievement level score that determines how much students should know and be able to do to be considered proficient at the grade-level standards.
      Participants may use any computing device that connects to the Internet, including tablets. Cell phones are not recommended because of screen-size limitations.
      For more information and to register, see SmarterBalanced.measinc.com/EventCode/100614. The deadline to apply is Sept. 19.

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Sen. Brian Schatz is calling for a major federal disaster declaration due to
tropical storm damage in Hawai`i. Photo from Office of Sen. Schatz

U.S. SEN. BRIAN SCHATZ HAS WRITTEN LETTERS to President Barack Obama and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate supporting the state of Hawai`i’s request for a major disaster declaration due to damages caused by Tropical Storm Iselle. 

      “Tropical Storm Iselle caused strong winds, heavy rain, flooding, high surf, storm surge, and lightning, which resulted in damages reported across all four counties in the state of Hawai`i,” Schatz wrote. “Hawai`i County has a majority of the damages where it experienced loss of power and a lack of access to water. Hawai`i County also has widespread debris that made it difficult for residents to access emergency services. Furthermore, preliminary damage assessments estimate that the total loss and damage to the island of Hawai`i in agriculture and commodities is $66 million. With all available state and local level resources being used, federal assistance is needed to support our communities’ recovery.”

Teana Kahoohanohano

      Schatz also expressed his support for the state’s request for Individual Assistance for Hawai`i County, statewide Hazard Mitigation and Small Business Administration loan assistance programs to help with the recovery.

      Since Iselle made landfall, Schatz’s office has been in close contact with the White House to discuss the impact of the storm and how the federal government can help residents and communities rebuild.

      Last week, Schatz traveled to Puna and met with Hawai`i County Mayor Billy Kenoi’s cabinet, HELCO, state Sen. Russell Ruderman, Director of Civil Defense Darryl Oliveira, representatives from the Big Island Invasive Species Council and the U.S. Forest Service to begin the process of developing a hazard mitigation plan for albizia trees, which damaged infrastructure and caused widespread debris on Hawai`i Island.

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TEANA KAHOOHANOHANO DEMONSTRATES how `ohe (bamboo) are carved into designs and how they are used tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center lanai in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees apply.

FOR STEWARDSHIP AT THE SUMMIT this Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., volunteers meet at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park’s Kilauea Visitor Center to help remove invasive Himalayan ginger from park trails. Free; park entrance fees apply.

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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Aug. 25, 2014

Cowboys and Trojans hand in hand to support Ka`u High football last Saturday at the rodeo. The team plays its
first game of the season at home this Saturday. Photo by Kupono Palakiko Leffew.

KA`U COFFEE FARMERS who were hurt by the Aug. 8 Tropical Storm Iselle are considering whether to apply for low-interest loans to help them recover. Sept. 1 is one of the upcoming deadlines to ask for federal assistance, said Ka`u Coffee Growers Cooperative President Gloria Camba. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering loans. Most of the damage was to coffee trees heavy with the next harvest. The cherries would have been ready to pick within about a month, but many of them fell on the ground when the branches broke and are unusable. Others on branches that were broken and hanging on the trees had to be cut for the health of the tree.

A torrent of water ran through Wood Valley fields during Iselle.
Photo by Anne Celeste

      Several farmers experienced trees uprooted by flooding, she said. Most of the damage on the oldest Ka`u Coffee farms was in Pear Tree, she said.
      New coffee farm damage was off Wood Valley Road, where Iselle whipped down the slopes mauka to makai. Many farmers found coffee trees lying down after the storm and rushed the next day to stand them up, hoping they will survive.
     farmer Trini Marques said the Calumpit family’s farm suffered with more than 1,000 young coffee-bearing trees  tipped over. She said the Calumpit family is methodically righting the trees on Olson Trust land across from Wood Valley Buddhist cemetery.
     Marques said that on Olson property about 800 of her family’s coffee trees were knocked over and that her family has been standing them back up. Some of them were ready for harvest and had to be stood up right away to allow the cherries to finish ripening, she said. She said her family is still working on standing up all the trees.

      For more information for assistance, contact county Farm Service Agency Executive Director Lester Ueda at 933-8341 or lester.ueda@hi.usda.gov.

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As part of its promotion of macadamia nuts as a healthy snack,
Royal Hawaiian Orchards says its nuts are non-GMO-verified.
Image from royalhawaiianorchards.com

ROYAL HAWAIIAN ORCHARDS suffered little loss during Iselle. President and CEO of the company Scott Wallace said that Royal Hawaiian inspected all of it trees in Ka`u. However, the company declined to issue a statement regarding any damages as they would not significantly impact annual projections. Much of its orchard land is outside of hard-hit Wood Valley.
       Royal Hawaian is featured in the August edition of Hawai`i Business Magazine as potentially one of the top 250 profitable companies in the state for 2014. The story by Gina Gelber says:
      “Royal Hawaiian Orchards, one of the world’s largest growers and processors of macadamia nuts, is positioning itself for a reversal of fortune, despite losses of $2.91 million in 2013. Overall, the company had income of $13.8 million last year, slipping into the Top 250 at 235, 16 slots down from last year. Diverse factors contributed to this rough patch, including inadequate rain, which hurt its annual harvest. RHO hopes to make a big comeback in 2014, with a branding strategy that positions macadamias as a health food. The company has enlisted athletes for its branding efforts and plans to triple its distribution network to 10,000 retailers.”
      In an Aug. 15 press release, Royal Hawaiian reported that during the first six months of this year, “the Partnership retained a significantly larger portion of its macadamia nuts for manufacture into its branded products or for sale in bulk kernel form following the expiration of certain macadamia nut purchase contracts with Mauna Loa.
     “Additionally, on June 30, 2014, the Partnership terminated its lease on its Mauna Kea orchard and sold its trees to the landlord (Olson Trust) for consideration of $1.5 million, triggering a non-cash loss of $1.8 million on the transaction. The increase in net revenues for the period was attributable primarily to an increase in branded product sales over the same period in 2013.”

      See royalhawaiianorchards.com.

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LEHUA COURT PROFESSIONAL AND RETAIL PLAZA in Ocean View received approval from Hawai`i County Council last week. The project got favorable recommendations from the Windward Planning Commission and the county Planning Committee before being sent to the full council.

      The property is on the mauka side of Hwy 11 and connects with Lehua Lane and Keaka Parkway.

      The applicant, William C. Foulk, sought to change the site’s zoning from Agricultural to Village Commercial. The 4.143-acre site would be developed with 54,000 square feet of commercial space and another 12,500 square feet of open, landscaped area for periodic craft fairs, thespian events and public gatherings.
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KA`U TROJANS EIGHT-MAN FOOTBALL TEAM plays its first game of the season this Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at home. Opponents are the Kohala Cowboys. The first game will be followed by a trip to Maui for a Friday night game at Seabury Hall on Sept. 5. The Trojans will host Pahoa Daggars on Friday, Sept. 12. Trojans host Kamehameha Warriors on Friday, Sept. 26 followed by a trip to Pahoa on Saturday Oct. 4, for a game against the Daggers at 2 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 11, the Trojans travel to Kohala to play the Cowboys at 2 p.m. The team is raising money to help pay for its travels.

      Ka`u will not travel to play Moloka`i this year since Kohala, Kamehameha and Pahoa have all fielded eight-man football teams on this island. The Seaberry Hall game on Maui will take place as it was already scheduled.

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Before: Raking cover-crop seed into soil between rows
of coffee trees. Photos from USDA/NRCS

MANAGING FOR SOIL HEALTH IS ONE of the easiest and most effective ways for farmers to increase crop productivity and profitability while improving the environment, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. That was one of the messages of the Healthy Soils workshop presented last Friday in Pahala.
      Results of soil management are often realized immediately and last well into the future.
      Four basic principles are key to improving soil health:

• Keep soil covered as much as possible; 
• Keep plants growing throughout the year to feed the soil; 
• Disturb soil as little as possible; and 
• Diversify as much as possible using crop rotation and cover crops. 

      These core practices form the basis of a Soil Health Management System that can help reduce input costs, protect against drought and increase production.

      Using unharvested crops to keep the soil covered throughout the year provides conservation benefits to the soil. Cover crops increase organic matter, prevent erosion, conserve moisture, increase nutrient cycling, provide nitrogen for plant use, suppress weeds, reduce soil compaction and decrease use of pesticides.

      Reduced-till and no-till methods of planting disturb the soil as little as possible. These methods improve water efficiency, increase organic matter, reduce erosion, reduce energy use, decrease soil compaction and improve crop production.

After: Buckwheat blooming as a cover crop
between rows of coffee trees.

      Crop rotation involves growing diverse crops in a planned sequence in order to increase organic matter and biodiversity in the soil. It increases nutrients, helps manage pests, reduces erosion, increases soil moisture, increases microbial health and improves plant production.

      For more information, see nrcs.usda.gov.

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HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK WAIVES ENTRY FEES today to celebrate National Park Service’s 98th birthday.

TEANA KAHOOHANOHANO DEMONSTRATES HOW `OHE (bamboo) are carved into designs and how they are used Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center lanai in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      Free; park entrance fees apply.

LABOR DAY IS A WEEK FROM TODAY. Ka`u residents can celebrate by participating in Kahuku: Born from a Hotspot, a new program at the Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Participants learn about the birth of the islands from the Hawaiian hotspot and about past eruptions that impacted Kahuku. Visitors will be able to identify various pu`u (hills) and other volcanic features and learn about their formation.
      Call 985-6011 or see nps.gov/havo for more information.

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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Aug. 24,2014

Paniolo action at Na`alehu Rodeo Grounds yesterday raised funds for Ka`u High's eight-man football team.
Photo by Kupono Palakiko Leffew

KA`U SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT presented a soil health workshop Friday to a diverse group of Ka`u farmers, urging them to adopt soil health management systems that protect natural resources, protect against drought and increase production. Called Unlock the Secrets of the Soil, the session included presentations on keeping soils alive, showing films of earthworms dragging leaves underground to produce organic matter, images of farming under the canopy of a forest and clearing albizia trees for pasture, with planning that protects natural waterways and prevents soil erosion. One of the slogans presented was “Keep it Happy, Keep it Covered. Soil should be covered all the time, preferably with living plants.”

Ka`u residents learned about healthy soils at a workshop Friday.

      One of the overarching messages was that each area to be farmed can benefit from careful planning and that Soil & Water Conservation District can help. Presenters talked about programs that can reimburse farmers for much of the cost of cover crops. A program to “renew the best, motivate the rest,” helps to reimburse those who succeed with good farm practices.
      Programs that provide funding require farmers to either own or have long enough leases on land to guarantee time to produce their farm products, and landowners have to sign off on such funding.
      Many services provided by numerous state and federal agencies were described. These include grading and irrigation planning, soil analysis and financial advice.
      Brenda Iokepa-Moses, chair of Ka`u Soil & Water Conservation District, presented speakers: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientist Amy Koch, NCRS Hilo Field Office conservationist Kori Hisashima, NCRS county resource conservationist Carolyn Wong, Ka`u Ocean Vista Coffee Estate farmer John Ah San, Universy of Hawai`i assistant extension agent Andrea Kawabata; Kuahiwi rancher Michelle Galimba and soil conservationist and engineer for SWCD Amelia Drury.
      For more information, see nrcs.usda.gov.

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Richard Ha

“THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN LEARN from the hurricane we just went through,” said state Board of Agriculture member Richard Ha on his blog at hahaha.hamakuasprings.com.
      “People saw what needed to be done on the ground, and they just did it. Trees needed to be cut, so they cut them. Neighbors needed food and ice, so people got them food and ice. People saw the situations that were problems, and they took care of them.
      Ha said the Center for Food Safety and EarthJustice, the legal arm of the Sierra Club, are “fighting against farmers” by helping defendants in the lawsuit that plaintiffs brought against the county regarding its ban of genetically modified crops.
      “We have been dragged into a battle, and all we want to do is get back to providing food for people. We’re farmers. We want to grow things and feed people. We don’t want to be involved in lawsuits and philosophical battles. …
      ‘We farmers are asking for clarity on this anti-GMO bill. We’re saying tell us what the rules are so we can go back to farming. But those two are fighting against us, so we can’t do that.
      Ha compares people’s actions after the storm to what farmers want to do now. “It’s as if after the hurricane they said, ‘Yeah, we see all the albizia trees are down, but we want you to focus on something that’s happening in the Midwest, or in India. ...’ 

      “Or it’s like they were saying, ‘Yeah, we see all the trees down, but you can’t use chainsaws because they’re dangerous. You’ve got to use axes because they’re natural.’
      “We’re saying, ‘Look, we’ve got to use chainsaws. We’ve got to help people.’ 

      “It’s really that simple. We farmers are spending too much time on all that other stuff, and we really just want to get back to farming.
      “When the Association of Counties asked me to talk about climate change and how the farmer looks at it, I quoted Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He talks about climate change being the guy and his dog walking down the beach. The man walking straight down the beach is the climate, and the dog running back and forth is the weather.
      “The climate is the policy kind of stuff, and hopefully the climate people make the right decisions.
      “We farmers deal with the weather. If there’s a storm, or an insect, we deal with it. We’ve got to concentrate on growing food. Otherwise, we end up trying to make policy, and we’re not scientists. We’re farmers.
      “We just want to get back to farming.”

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Ka`u High Trojans sold pink T-shirts at the rodeo to raise funds.  Photo by Kupono Palakiko Leffew

KA`U TROJAN AND RODEO FANS filled Na`alehu Rodeo Grounds yesterday to raise money for eight-man high school football. Pink T-shirts promoted Ka`u High School football, which will take the team off-island this season, flying to Maui and Moloka`i. The team and its coach, Kainoa Ke, ran a food booth, and the team sold shirts.

      Here are the winners in the rodeo competition:

• Dummy Roping, four years old and under - Blayne DeMattos; five to eight years of age - Austin Costa Lorenzo; 
• Goat Undecorating, four and under - Blayne DeMattos; five to eight - Clancy Aku; 
• Po`o Wai U - Bronson Branco; 
• Double Mugging - Bronson Branco and Kalai Nobriga; 
• Team 90’s - Danny Joseph and Mike Smith; 
• Calf Roping - Kalai Nobriga; 
• Youth Barrels - Kale Onaka; 
• Wahine Breakaway - Nahe Nobriga; 
• Kane Wahine Dally - Danny and Daphne Joseph; 
• Open Dally - Brian DeMattos and Mike Smith; 
• Kane Wahine Ribbon - Nahe and Kalai Nobriga; and
• Wahine Mugging - Nahe Nobriga and Macey Loando.

Pink Trojan Rodeo shirts raise money for football.
Photo by Julia Neal

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KA`U FOOD PANTRY, INC. distributes food to the needy of Ka`u this coming Tuesday and the last Tuesday of each month at Ocean View Community Center from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Its mission is to provide each family with three days of food. Most of the food comes from Food Basket of Hawai`i, Inc. in Kona. Ka`u Food Basket pays them a small handling fee for the food they provide. 

      “We have had as much as 4,000 pounds of food to distribute, and even then we sometimes run out before everyone can be helped,” said board member Dallas Decker. “We operate with a small corp of volunteers – nobody is paid to serve.
      “But we do need to pay for food. We need about $600 per month to cover the cost of acquiring and transporting food, paying rent, buying bags and boxes and other supplies.” That’s not very much considering that the Food Basket gives three or four days of food to as many as 350 people.
      President Judy Samuel oversees the operation of shopping, transporting, organizing and distributing food each month with her group of very dedicated volunteers. Other board members are Karen Pucci, Ric Stark, Allison Gusman, Allan Humble, Lynne Kreinberg and the Rev. Dallas Decker. Samuel may be reached at 808-979-6502.

Ka`u Food Pantry distributes food on the last Tuesday of each month
at Ocean View Community Center.

      Contributions to the nonprofit are tax deductible and may be sent to PO Box 7105, Ocean View, HI 96737. All contributions are greatly appreciated and promptly acknowledged.

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HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK WAIVES ENTRY FEES tomorrow to celebrate National Park Service’s 98th birthday.

      A schedule of free ranger-led programs and guided hikes will be posted outside Kilauea Visitor Center and the Jaggar Museum by 9:30 a.m. Visitors can enjoy programs including Explore the Summit – a one-hour walk from the Kilauea Visitor Center to the edge of Kilauea caldera, and Life on the Edge, a 20-minute talk about the current eruption from Halema`uma`u Crater given daily at Jaggar Museum overlook.

      See nps.gov/havo for more information.

TEANA KAHOOHANOHANO DEMONSTRATES HOW `OHE (bamboo) are carved into designs and how they are used during an `ohe kapala demonstration on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center lanai in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
      ‘Ohe kapala, or bamboo stamps, were used to present many unique designs for traditional Hawaiian kapa. Today, these designs are being used as patterns on all types of fabric.

Teana Kahoohanohano demonstrates `ohe kapala Wednesday.
Photo from NPS

      There will be samples and a hands-on opportunity to learn about this distinctive art form. The program is part of the park’s ongoing `Ike Hana No`eau: Experience the Skillful Work workshops. Free; park entrance fees apply.



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